Notice the striking similarity of this image with other Mayan forms and symbols:

    - The "ears" on each side are represented as highly stylized snake heads with gaping mouths.  These were seen on the ends of the Ceremonial Bar and on the base of the Entrance Pillars to the Temple of the Warriors at Chichen Itza on the Yucatan.

    - The "ears" themselves constitute a "two-headed" design on this rear head of a two-headed monster -- a statement of recursion and iteration of pattern also found in such distant cultures as Hindu architecture and symbolism!

    - The overall square structure of the face, and the placement of the square eyes, nose, and mouth, conjure the architecture of the Nunnary Quadrangle of Uxmal (and other Mayan buildings), the stone faces of Dzibilchaltum and Teotihuacan, and the Temple of the Seven Dolls at Dzibilchaltum.

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